Is CVE-2020-8285 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-8285 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-8285?

CVE-2020-8285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-8285?

CVE-2020-8285 has an EPSS score of 9.92% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8285?

Upgrade curl on debian 11 to 7.74.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-8285

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

curl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion due to a stack overflow issue in FTP wildcard match parsing.

CWE-674 CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

curlDebian

Fixed in:7.74.0-1CVE-2020-8285

curlUbuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6USN-4665-2

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18USN-4665-1

Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12USN-4665-1

Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4USN-4665-1

libcurl3Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6USN-4665-2

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18USN-4665-1

libcurl3-gnutlsUbuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6USN-4665-2

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18USN-4665-1

Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12USN-4665-1

Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4USN-4665-1

libcurl3-nssUbuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6USN-4665-2

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18USN-4665-1

Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12USN-4665-1

Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4USN-4665-1

libcurl4Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12USN-4665-1

Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4USN-4665-1

UniversalForwarderWindows application

Affected:9.0.0 9.0.6Fixed in:9.0.6Splunk, Inc.

Affected:8.2.0 8.2.12Fixed in:8.2.12Splunk, Inc.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

9.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch5

Exploit1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

curl.se

Third-Party Advisory12

Other references1

hackerone.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.